Jeremy Renner had a big year in 2012 starring in both THE AVENGERS and THE BOURNE LEGACY, but outside of a co-starring role in last year’s AMERICAN HUSTLE has been a little out of the moviegoing scene. The new movie KILL THE MESSENGER has him back in a leading role, in a story based on true events of cocaine smuggling in the 1980s. It’s directed by Michael Cuesta (HOMELAND) and written by Peter Landesman (PARKLAND), based on books by both Gary Webb and Nick Schou. And get a load of this cast! Outside of Renner, the film also stars Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Pepper, Oliver Platt, Michael Sheen, Paz Vega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Andy Garcia. I love films about the 80s, or any period piece for the matter, and anything involving the drug trade from the era almost always makes for good cinema. Check out the latest trailer and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA’s role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
